Much thanks! What do the knowledgable programmers do? Do they my() thier variables, etc at the beginning of thier subroutines? Or do they do it as they come to it? or is it really just personal prefence? shawn > That is the way to do it. It can get a little confusing at first, but once > you get used to doing things that way it will become 2nd nature. > > --Joe Breeden